=head1 SYNOPSIS
-B<perl> [ B<-acdhnpPsSTuUvw> ]
-[ S<B<-0>[I<octal>]> ]
-[ S<B<-D>I<number/list>]> ]
-[ S<B<-F>I<string>> ]
-[ S<B<-i>[I<extension>]> ]
-[ S<B<-I>I<dir>> ]
-[ S<B<-l>I<octal>> ]
-[ S<B<-x>I<dir>> ]
-[ I<programfile> | S<B<-e> I<command>> ]
-[ I<argument> ... ]
+B<perl> S<[ B<-sTuU> ]>
+ S<[ B<-hv> ] [ B<-V>[:I<configvar>] ]>
+ S<[ B<-cw> ] [ B<-d>[:I<debugger>] ] [ B<-D>[I<number/list>] ]>
+ S<[ B<-pna> ] [ B<-F>I<pattern> ] [ B<-l>[I<octal>] ] [ B<-0>[I<octal>] ]>
+ S<[ B<-I>I<dir> ] [ B<-m>[B<->]I<module> ] [ B<-M>[B<->]I<'module...'> ]>
+ S<[ B<-P> ]>
+ S<[ B<-S> ]>
+ S<[ B<-x>[I<dir>] ]>
+ S<[ B<-i>[I<extension>] ]>
+ S<[ B<-e> I<'command'> ] [ B<--> ] [ I<programfile> ] [ I<argument> ]...>
For ease of access, the Perl manual has been split up into a number
of sections:
reports based on that information. It's also a good language for many
system management tasks. The language is intended to be practical
(easy to use, efficient, complete) rather than beautiful (tiny,
-elegant, minimal). It combines (in the author's opinion, anyway) some
+elegant, minimal).
+
+Perl combines (in the author's opinion, anyway) some
of the best features of C, B<sed>, B<awk>, and B<sh>, so people
familiar with those languages should have little difficulty with it.
(Language historians will also note some vestiges of B<csh>, Pascal,
=head1 AUTHOR
-Larry Wall E<lt><F<lwall@sems.com>E<gt>, with the help of oodles of other folks.
+Larry Wall E<lt>F<lwall@sems.com>E<gt>, with the help of oodles of other folks.
=head1 FILES
component of your PATH may be longer than 255 if you use B<-S>. A regular
expression may not compile to more than 32767 bytes internally.
-See the perl bugs database at F<http://perl.com/perl/bugs/>. You may
+See the perl bugs database at F< http://perl.com/perl/bugs/ >. You may
mail your bug reports (be sure to include full configuration information
as output by the myconfig program in the perl source tree) to
F<perlbug@perl.com>.